College of the Canyons football closed out its 2025 campaign with a 17-10 victory over Bakersfield College at Cougar Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 8.<\/p>\n
The victory was the third across the Cougars\u2019 final four games with the lone loss coming on the road at No. 1 Golden West College in week nine.<\/p>\n
Canyons (4-6, 4-3) built a 10-0 lead before halftime, which is where things stayed until a frenzied fourth quarter of action that came down to the final seconds.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when COC defensive back\u00a0Kadin McCoy<\/a>\u00a0effectively ended the game with an interception of Renegades\u2019 quarterback Malachi Statler in the end zone, leaving just a few ticks left on the clock.<\/p>\n The Cougars scored first at 3-0 on\u00a0Justin Assadi<\/a>\u2018s 29-yard field goal attempt at the 10:24 mark of the first quarter. The scoring sequence was set up by a 64-yard reception by\u00a0Jared Mims<\/a>\u00a0on the first offensive snap of the game.<\/p>\n Coincidently, it was on the first play of the second quarter that Canyons quarterback\u00a0Jazel Riley IV<\/a>\u00a0found Mims again, this time for a 20-yard touchdown grab that capped a 13-play, 92-yard scoring drive from Riley and company. Mims\u2019 touchdown put things at 10-0 after Assadi\u2019s PAT.<\/p>\n Mims led all receivers in the game with five catches for 128 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n That\u2019s where things remained until Bakersfield (4-6, 2-5) managed to score twice in the final quarter to tie the game at 10-10 with 6:34 to go in the contest.<\/p>\n The Renegades used a 13-yard touchdown scamper from running back Ja\u2019Daniel Nettles to net the first points of the game early in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n Nettles had an effective outing with 140 rushing yards on 22 carries.<\/p>\n Following a quick three-and-out from the Cougars, Bakersfield took over on the COC 45-yard line and got close enough to convert on a 27-yard field goal from Karter Kolesar that tied the game at 10-10.<\/p>\n On its next drive, COC was aided by a pair of costly Bakersfield penalties before running back\u00a0Paul Kamdem<\/a>\u00a0came through with a 25-yard touchdown reception from Riley to move the Cougars back ahead for good at 17-10, following Assadi\u2019s second PAT of the game.<\/p>\n Riley finished the game 12-of-21 for 183 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 48 yards on 10 carries in the game.<\/p>\n Kamdem hauled in three catches for 25 yards with the touchdown and netted 20 yards on his single rush attempt.<\/p>\n Isaiah Rameau<\/a>\u00a0led the Cougars with 59 rushing yards on 13 attempts, including a long gain of 15 yards.<\/p>\n Bakersfield won the time of possession battle and ran 25 more offensive plays than the Cougars but was never able to fully cash in a Cougars\u2019 defense that finished with three key sacks, six tackles for loss, four pass break ups and the key end zone interception.<\/p>\n The Renegades were also charged with more than 100 yards of penalties.<\/p>\n Seifanga Langi<\/a>\u00a0was the team leader in tackles for the Cougars with seven total stops.<\/p>\n Charles Milner<\/a>\u00a0recorded four tackles and a sack to bring his season total to 5.5. Miner finished the year by recording at least one sack in four of the final five games.<\/p>\n Nicholas Tonga<\/a>\u00a0also got home for a sack, while\u00a0Tory Cabral<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jonathan Kanaley<\/a>\u00a0shared credit on a quarterback takedown.<\/p>\n Xavier Perry<\/a>\u00a0finished with three tackles, three pass breaks-up and was a factor in coverage throughout.<\/p>\n Datavius Bledsoe<\/a>\u00a0ended with four solo tackles and assisted on another.\u00a0Dylan McIntosh<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Koy Mortensen<\/a>\u00a0each had four tackles in the game.<\/p>\n Canyons punter\u00a0William Struyk<\/a> averaged better than 40 yards on his four attempts, including a long of 51 yards, and twice pinned the Renegades deep in the team\u2019s own territory.<\/p>\n COC finishes the year fourth in the eight-team, recently realigned Southern California Football Association, National Division, Central League standings. The Cougars previously competed in the SCFA National Division, Northern League until the 2025 season.<\/p>\n The Cougars faced six state-ranked opponents over the course of the season and lost the first three games of the year by a combined nine points.<\/p>\n Golden West (10-0, 7-0) won the Central League championship followed by Cerritos College (8-2, 6-1) and Fullerton (7-3, 5-2) across the top three spots. Golden West and Cerritos will both advance to the 3C2A State Playoffs, while Fullerton will host a postseason Bowl Game.<\/p>\n Canyons will not compete in the postseason for the first time since the 2022 season and just the second time since 2015.<\/p>\n Stay up to date on all this season\u2019s action by visiting COCAthletics.com<\/a> and on social media at @COCathletics on X, Instagram,\u00a0Facebook\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube.<\/p>\n Like this:<\/p>\n Like Loading…<\/p>\n